That Stupid Orbit at Stratford

Just don’t even go there! These steel magnates want to lord it over the poor.. and I could list endless points about why I hate it!

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Pashley spotting

This one was out by London Bridge station, the bicycle next to it had been vandalised unfortunately.

Class War

Outside a pub by Liverpool Street Station and Bishopsgate.

And what Sculpture do they want at the Greenway?

Ahh a gasworks. Why didn’t think of that? Well, that’s easy, I am not a Tory.

Why don’t they just add piles of tyres and grafitti to the path while they are at it.

Maybe they want to put off cyclists once and for all.

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Why can't we have trees without this eyesore?

First road in 100 years to be ‘car free’ but not taxi free

From the Standard:

“The first major new road in London for a century is set to be car-free.

A “boulevard” through the heart of the King’s Cross redevelopment will be lined with small shops, a “concept” Sainsbury’s, department store and hotel.

But only buses, taxis and cyclists will be allowed to use the road, believed to be the first new major link since Kingsway opened in 1905. Planners want to create a “continental feel” and it is due to be finished by the end of next year.

The road is part of a further £50 million investment in the 67-acre scheme, now known as King’s Cross Central. It is vital in connecting King’s Cross and St Pancras stations with the northern half of the development site on the opposite side of Regents Canal”.

Hmm, surely Sainsbury’s need to unload their lorries here? They aren’t telling us everything. Come out with it Boris, come clean. This is a gimmick.

And with all the zilllions of taxis, it won’t end up like Europe, it will end up like Asia, such as Hong Kong.

Will cyclists have to share the road with buses and taxis? Why don’t they use bicycle rickshaws for this instead? If they really want a ‘continental feel’, why don’t we have trams? And let’s get rid of dreary Sainsburys and let’s get the Swiss Centre back with the clock and make it into a ‘continental market setting’ not a highway.

The Greenway is now ‘an Airstrip’

The grassy cycle path has now been tarmac-ed over for the Olympics and it looks more like an extension to London City airport.

Maybe it is one of silly Boris’s shared schemes and cyclists have got to share it with planes.

Leniency Wanted

Here a cyclist displays a ‘Baby on Board’ sticker in the hope that the police will allow him to go through red lights as ‘he was a parent with a baby’, actually he joked about this but as you can see from the previous photo, parents are treated very leniently, they are allowed to park wherever they like.

Naughty Person on Board

This naughty person has obstructed the cycle lane at Grove Green Road, Leytonstone, along with another car.

She is so proud of it, that she has placed a ‘Naughty Person’ label on the back of the car.

Considering her love of ‘free parking’, I wonder if she has paid for her motor insurance.

The Guardian & Sexist Sports Pages

I had a quick look through the Sports pages and spotted just one paragraph ‘it was a fairly big one’, about two inches devoted to women’s horseracing.

There was a female sports journalist, and you guessed it, she was writing about men’s horse racing. Just like the woman in the Mail today writing about men’s football.

Well, it was better, but still a long way to go. That paragraph still felt like a ‘token’ though.

It did have men’s cycling – but no women cycling or even men’s/women’s mountainbiking. It certainly didn’t have any kilts in the paper either. Outrageous.

The Sun comes out the most PANTS newspaper for the diabolical ‘lack of women’s sports’.

Train Strikes

Though I won’t be affected too much by the strikes, I think 4 days ‘is rather a lot’. I can’t remember any time when strikes were that long. It feels more like a long Easter holiday for them.

I can put up with the odd day here and there, after all, workers shouldn’t be exploited but four days is rather a lot, and I used to be a TSSA member. they are doing their best to get Labour out before the elections, but you would have tEmployees found it hard enough to get into work with the snow earlier this year. I think hought most of are Labour anyway. I know that they still wanted to be affiliated to the Labour party, not to any other.

I think I will go up to London on Easter day and come back Monday instead of staying over till Tuesday. I have Tuesday and Wednesday off anyway so I could do some gardening then.

As I work near my employment, rail strikes and snow disruptions are a thing of the past. I still think it is best to work near your job, if at all possible. Even if there are strikes, bad weather and now punctures, I can still get to work by walking.